Born in 1977 in Tokyo, Japan
Education
2007 AA in Indigenous Studies, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe - Highest Honors, Focus in traditional beading
2003-2005 Native American Studies classes, University of New Mexico
2001 BA in Textile Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Publications
2023 Bangkok Post, "Blurring the line between fiction and reality",30Jan 2023
2020 Textile Curator, Helen Adams.https://www.textilecurator.com/home-default/home-2-2/eri-imamura/,July 2020
2013 ink Fashion, Renee Reyes. February 2013
2012 Cool Hunting, Josh Rubin. https://coolhunting.com/culture/eri-imamura/
.Jun 20 2012
2012 Rupert Ravens’ Top 10 at the 2012 Basel Art Fairs, dArt International, Volume 15, Number 1, Fall/Winter 2012
2011 Fiber Arts, Mollie Baker. April 2011
2009 News wings, Staci Golar. March 2009
2008 Wheel me out, Victoria Ford. Aug 2008
2008 Pasatienpo, Elizabeth Cook-Romero. The New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico, pp.42-44.
2007 Fiber Arts, Hollis Walker. Sept 2008, pp. 5-57
Honors and Awards
2011 Third place, “Fantastic Fiber 2011”, Yeiser Art Center, Paduca, Kentucky, For “LOVE; Female Torso”
2009 The Janine Brink Meyer Memorial Prize, “Head and Toe”, St Louis Artists Guild, St Louis, Missouri
2007 • First Place, Beadwork Division, Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta2007, Albuquerque New Mexico, for Tabi-Moccasins
• Third Place, Beadwork Division, Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta 2007, Albuquerque New Mexico, for the Spiral Force-Japanese Moccasin
• Honors Exhibition in IAIA Museum
• Merit Award Scholarship, Institute of American Indian Art, for academic excellence 2006 Honors Exhibition in IAIA Museum
Exhibits
2024 Volta Art Fairs Basel, Swizerland
2023 Solo instalation show "Inside Manga Bubbles まんがバブルのうちがわ”
at Warin Lab Contemporary, Bangkok, Thailand
2019 Art Central Hong Kong, China
2018 London Art Fair, UK
2018 Graoup Exhibition at Serindia Blue Gallery New York, USA
2017 Context Art Miami, USA
2016 • Solo show, The Nippon Phenomenon Project; Art Stage Singapore, Singapore
2015 • Art Jakarta, Indonesia
2014 • Singapore Art Fair
• SCOPE New York, USA
2013 • SCOPE New York, USA
• SCOPE Basel, Switzerland
2012 • SCOPE Miami, USA
• SCOPE Basel, Switzerland
2011 • Juried Show “Fantastic Fiber 2011”, Yeiser Art Center, Paduca, Kentucky, USA
2009 • SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Missouri
• Juried Show “Head to Toe”, St Louis Artists Guild, St Louis, Missouri, USA
2008 • SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Missouri, USA
• Solo Exhibition, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2007 • IAIA Students Booth, Indian Market, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
• Graduation Exhibition 2007, Primitive Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
• Exhibition “Facing Reality”, Primitive Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
• Exhibition “The Winter Show 2007”, Primitive Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2006 • Exhibition, The little Road Flower Gallery, Taos, New Mexico, USA
• Exhibition, Fort Collins Museum, Colorado, USA
• IAIA Students Booth, Indian Market, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
•Exhibition “The Winter Show 2006”, Primitive Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2002 Exhibition “The poetic spectacle of imaginative power”, Inter Natural Garden Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Graduation Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Collections
UBS, Puerto Rico
Mint Museum, North Carolina USA
Alturas Foundation, Texas USA
21c Museum Hotel
Fidelity Investment public collection in New Mexico, USA
Private collections in Canada, Japan, Singapore, The Nethelands and the United States
